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I think it's time for a serious YouTube competitor with more favorable terms for the content creators. Jason Calacanis seems very prescient now [0]. [0] http:/

by blister 12y ago

I think it's time for a serious YouTube competitor with more favorable terms for the content creators. Jason Calacanis seems very prescient now [0]. [0] http://blog.launch.co/blog/i-aint-gonna-work-on-youtubes-farm-no-more.html http://blog.launch.co/blog/i-aint-gonna-work-on-youtubes-far...

jbob2000 12y ago
The same thing will happen to any competitor. You get big enough and record companies will want to control the shit out of you. They will sue you and write laws against you and intimidate the crap out of you.
- bhaumik 12y ago
  Is YouTube turning into Uber?
masklinn 12y ago
The huge problem is Youtube is the go-to place when teenagers and young adults want to listen to a piece[0] and they know it. [0] the alternative being torrents, and they're very much non-instant.
- Gustomaximus 12y ago
  > go-to place when teenagers and young adults... Doesn't that make it easier to disrupt? Younger people are less habit forming and more likely to try new services. I would think the licencing with record labels & infrastructure requirements would be the tough part for a new entrant.
  - masklinn 12y ago
    > Doesn't that make it easier to disrupt? It is if you manage to topple the absolutely gigantic mindshare and you manage to build a similarly complete catalog of official and user-supplied content. > I would think the licencing with record labels & infrastructure requirements would be the tough part for a new entrant. And how. Check youtube's all-time top viewed videos, and the vast majority are vevo channels MVs. If you remove vevo and psy, you're left with a pair of videos of the top 30 or 50. vevo is a joint venture between UMG, Sony, Abu Dhabi Media… and Google.
  - dragonwriter 12y ago
    > Younger people are less habit forming and more likely to try new services. Younger people are not less prone to forming habits. There are, of course, always new young people who may not have the same habits as the last round of young people, though.
- angeNoble 12y ago
  My friends and I tend to always go to Soundcloud first.
  - Raphmedia 12y ago
    This. I am not going to waste my time with a low quality video (often with only a static image) when I can have the high quality of Soundcloud. Soundcloud also has an interesting comment system and a better community.
- kbart 12y ago
  I don't know how about in other circles, but recently Bandcamp and Soundcloud are much more popular among my friends (of whom a lot are musicians) as it offers better terms and control of how your music used. They skip Youtube altogether and if music "video" still ends up there, it's usually uploaded by a fan. Sadly, I don't know any really good video alternatives to Youtube yet.

by blister 12y ago

jbob2000 12y ago

The same thing will happen to any competitor. You get big enough and record companies will want to control the shit out of you. They will sue you and write laws against you and intimidate the crap out of you.

bhaumik 12y ago
Is YouTube turning into Uber?

masklinn 12y ago

The huge problem is Youtube is the go-to place when teenagers and young adults want to listen to a piece[0] and they know it. [0] the alternative being torrents, and they're very much non-instant.

Gustomaximus 12y ago
> go-to place when teenagers and young adults... Doesn't that make it easier to disrupt? Younger people are less habit forming and more likely to try new services. I would think the licencing with record labels & infrastructure requirements would be the tough part for a new entrant.
- masklinn 12y ago
  > Doesn't that make it easier to disrupt? It is if you manage to topple the absolutely gigantic mindshare and you manage to build a similarly complete catalog of official and user-supplied content. > I would think the licencing with record labels & infrastructure requirements would be the tough part for a new entrant. And how. Check youtube's all-time top viewed videos, and the vast majority are vevo channels MVs. If you remove vevo and psy, you're left with a pair of videos of the top 30 or 50. vevo is a joint venture between UMG, Sony, Abu Dhabi Media… and Google.
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  > Younger people are less habit forming and more likely to try new services. Younger people are not less prone to forming habits. There are, of course, always new young people who may not have the same habits as the last round of young people, though.
angeNoble 12y ago
My friends and I tend to always go to Soundcloud first.
- Raphmedia 12y ago
  This. I am not going to waste my time with a low quality video (often with only a static image) when I can have the high quality of Soundcloud. Soundcloud also has an interesting comment system and a better community.
kbart 12y ago
I don't know how about in other circles, but recently Bandcamp and Soundcloud are much more popular among my friends (of whom a lot are musicians) as it offers better terms and control of how your music used. They skip Youtube altogether and if music "video" still ends up there, it's usually uploaded by a fan. Sadly, I don't know any really good video alternatives to Youtube yet.